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MEN’S BASKETBALL vs. Delaware State Friday • November 16, 2018 • 7 p.m. Farmville, Va. • Willet Hall (1,900) 4 Video: ESPN+ • Radio: WVHL 92.9 FM 2018-19 Schedule THE MATCHUP N. 6 RANDOLPH W 84-56 Longwood Delaware State N. 9 at Richmond W 63-58 N. 13 at UMES W 66-63 LANCERS Hornets N. 16 DELAWARE STATE 7 p.m. Farmville, Va. • Big South Dover., Del. • Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf. Farmville, Va. (Willett Hall) N. 19 at Charlotte 7 p.m. N. 23 ^vs. Fairfield 3 p.m. 2018-19 Record ..........................................3-0, 0-0 2018-19 Record ..........................................0-3, 0-0 N. 24 ^vs. Denver 12 p.m. Conference................................................ Big South Conference........................................................MEAC N. 25 ^at Seattle 3 p.m. Last Game................................ W, 69-63 at UMES Last Game.........L, 95-49 at N.C. State (11-10-18) D. 1 VMI 3 p.m. Head Coach ...Griff Aldrich(Hampden-Sydney, ’96) Head Coach ........ Eric Skeeters (Coppin State, ’97) D. 7 FROSTBURG STATE 7 p.m. Career Record ....................... 3-0 (First Season) Career Record ....................... 0-3 (First Season) D. 9 at Duquesne 1 p.m. Longwood Record .......................................... Same Delaware St. Record ..................................... Same D. 13 AVERETT 7 p.m. Aldrich vs. Delaware State ............................ 0-0 Skeeters vs. Longwood .................................. 0-0 D. 17 at Cornell 7 p.m. D. 21 STETSON 7 p.m. THE OPENING TIP LAST TIME OUT D. 29 at The Citadel 1 p.m. • Off to their first 3-0 start in the Division I era, the • Backed by a third straight 20-point game from J. 5 *at Radford 4:30 p.m. Lancers return to Willett Hall Friday for their sec- Isaiah Walton and a breakout 12-point night from J. 10 *UNC ASHEVILLE 7 p.m. ond home game of the season, taking on Dela- junior transfer Seán Flood, Longwood outlasted J. 12 *CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 3 p.m. ware State at 7 p.m. UMES 66-63 Tuesday at Hytche Athletic Center to J. 16 *at Winthrop 7 p.m. J. 19 *at Presbyterian 4 p.m. • The game will pit first-year Longwood head coach improve to 3-0 for the first time in the program’s J. 21 *RADFORD 7 p.m. Griff Aldrich against his former UMBC bench- 15-year Division I era. J. 24 *HIGH POINT 7 p.m. mate Eric Skeeters. Both Aldrich and Skeeters • Walton finished with 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting J. 26 *at USC Upstate 4:30 p.m. coached together at UMBC during the 2016-17 from the field, while Flood – who entered the night J. 30 *HAMPTON 7 p.m. and 2017-18 seasons. without a point in his fledgling Division I career – F. 2 *at Campbell 2 p.m. • Aldrich has the Lancers off to their seventh 3-0 sank four three-pointers and added three assists F. 7 *GARDNER-WEBB 7 p.m. start in the program’s 41 years of existence and in 20 minutes off the bench. F. 13 *at High Point 7 p.m. the team’s first such start since 2000-01. • Longwood needed five made free throws in the F. 16 *USC UPSTATE 3 p.m. • Leading the charge for Longwood is the Big final 16 seconds from junior Lorenzo Phillips F. 21 *at Hampton 7 p.m. South’s third-leading scorer in Isaiah Walton to survive the Eagles, who trimmed the Lancers’ F. 23 *CAMPBELL 3 p.m. (21.0 ppg.) and two of the league’s top rebounders 12-point lead to 65-63 with a 14-4 run in the final M. 2 *at Gardner-Webb 3 p.m. in Walton (8.0 rpg.) and Jordan Cintron (7.3). 1:10 of the game. • Friday’s game will be Longwood’s last at home • Lancer sophomore Jordan Cintron finished with BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP before a four-game road trip that goes through the a career-high 14 points and shot a perfect 7-of-7 M. 5 Big South First Round TBA end of November. from the free throw line. M. 7 Big South Quaterfinals TBA M. 8 Big South Semifinals TBA M. 10 Big South Championship TBA THE LINEUP Home games in BOLD No. Name (Ht., Wt., Yr.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notables * Big South game | ^Elgin Baylor Invitational 1 •Isaiah Walton (6-5, 190, R-Sr.) G 21.0 8.0 2.0 20+ points in all 3 games to start senior season All times eastern and subject to change 2 Kamil Chapman (6-1, 185, So.) G 7.0 1.0 1.0 Delivered 6 points on 2 3-ptrs off bench vs. UMES 3 •Lorenzo Phillips (6-1, 185, Jr.) G 10.3 3.3 3.7 Top 5 in Big South in assists, FT pct. & A/T ratio 4 Jaylon Wilson (6-3, 180, Jr.) G — — — 10+ PPG in back-to-back seasons at Pratt CC 5 •Pernell Adgei (6-8, 220, R-Jr.) F 1.0 4.0 0.3 Averaging team-high 14.5 rebounds per 40 minutes BROADCAST INFO 10 Michael Smith (6-2, 190, Fr.) G — — — Two-sport athlete from Pleasanton, Calif. 11 Seán Flood (6-2, 170, Jr.) G 4.7 2.7 2.7 Made 4-of-6 3-pointers vs. UMES Tuesday VIDEO: ESPN+ 12 Joey Lipp (6-6, 190, Fr.) F 0.0 0.0 0.0 Averaged 10+ PPG back-to-back years of high school PBP: T.J. Wengert 13 Spencer Franklin (6-8, 210, Sr.) F 5.7 4.0 0.0 Second on the team in plus-minus rating (+26.0 per 40) COLOR: Rob Galloway 14 Abraham Deng (6-11, 215, Fr.) F — — — Set Valley Forge records for blocks & rebounds in 2017-18 20 •Jordan Cintron (6-8, 205, So.) F 10.7 7.3 0.7 4th in Big South in rebounds & steals per game Website: https://tinyurl.com/MBB-LWU-DST 21 •JaShaun Smith (6-5, 195, Jr.) F 5.7 1.7 0.3 Surrenders 2nd-fewest points per minute (1.36) on team RADIO: WVHL Kickin’ Country 92.9 FM 23 Gus Okafor (6-6, 215, Fr.) F 6.3 2.3 0.3 14 pts in debut were 3rd most by LU freshman in D-I era PBP: Sam Hovan 24 Damarion Geter (6-8, 230, R-Sr.) F — — — Ranks No. 6 all-time & No. 3 in D-I era with 85 blocks 55 Juan Munoz (5-11, 165, R-Fr.) G 2.0 4.0 3.0 3 assists & 4 rebs in just 13 minutes in collegiate debut Website: LongwoodLancers.com/WVHL • denotes projected starter Game 4: Longwood vs. Delaware State • Nov. 16, 2018 • Farmville, Va. LONGWOOD GAMEDAY > Notes Media Information BY THE NUMBERS QUICK FACTS • Longwood is 3-0 for the first time in the program’s MEDIA CONTACTS 15-year Division I era. The last time the Lancers UNIVERSITY Chris Cook Name ............................................Longwood University Assistant VP/Athletics Communications started 3-0 was in 2000-01 when they finished the City/Zip .......................................... Farmville, VA 23909 Email: [email protected] year 23-8 and reached the 2001 NCAA Division III Founded ................................................................ 1839 Office: 434-395-2718 Tournament. The 3-0 start of the seventh in pro- Enrollment (Undergraduate + Graduate) .............. 5,096 Cell: 434-808-5127 gram history. Nickname .......................................................... Lancers • The Lancers surrender the fewest points per game Colors ............................Navy Blue (PMS 289) & White INTERVIEW REQUESTS (56.0) and have held opponents to the lowest field Fight Song .....................................Hail to Longwood U! All interview requests for Longwood men’s Affiliation ...............................................NCAA Division I basketball players and coaches will be co- goal percentage (.363) in the Big South. No team has shot better than 40.0 percent against Long- Conference .....................................................Big South ordinated through the Longwood athletics President ...................................... W. Taylor Reveley IV communications office. wood this season, while only UMES has scored Alma Mater ................................................Princeton more than 60 points. Interim Director of Athletics ... Michelle Meadows Shular GAME BROADCASTS • Guard Isaiah Walton has scored 20 points in all All Longwood men’s basketball games air Alma Mater ...........................................Virginia Tech live on WVHL 92.9 FM Kickin’ Country in three games this season and ranks third in the Big Athletics Phone ......................................(434) 395-2057 Farmville, online at www.WVHL.net and on South with 21.0 points per game. He has record- Tickets Phone ........................................(434) 395-2138 the TuneIn Radio app. All Longwood home ed those stats while averaging just 12.7 field goal Website ............................ www.LongwoodLancers.com games and all Big South road games air live attempts per game and shooting .579 (22-of-38) Twitter ........................................... @LongwoodLancers on ESPN+. from the floor. • Walton needs just 100 more points to become the PROGRAM HISTORY LONGWOODLANCERS.COM sixth 1,000-point scorer in Longwood’s 15-year Di- Seasons of Basketball ............................................... 41 For unparalleled coverage of the entire First Season .....................................................1976-77 intercollegiate athletics department at vision I era and the 22nd in program history. All-Time Record ................................................531-664 Longwood, access LongwoodLancers. • Along with his 21.0 points per game, Walton also Division I Eligible ......................................2007-Present com. The official site of Longwood athlet- ranks second in the Big South with 8.0 rebounds Division I Record .................................. 113-239 (11) ics features in-depth coverage of Long- per game. He has grabbed at least five rebounds First Season D-I Schedule ..........................2004-05 wood players, coaches and staff as well as in every game, including a career-high 12 against Reclassifying D-I Record............................20-72 (3) game notes, player biographies, statistics Richmond. Division II Eligible .........................................1980-2004 and updates on the Longwood men’s bas- • Longwood has gotten balanced scoring from its Division II Record .................................342-317 (24) ketball program.